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A Blue Moon Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about the astronomical phenomenon known as a "blue moon" or anything named after this phenomenon.

A multiple-choice quiz by workisboring. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
workisboring

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
357,022

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
700

Last 3 plays: MissDove (3/10), Guest 174 (4/10), Guest 174 (4/10).

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1. What is the astronomical phenomenon known as a "blue moon"? Hint

second full moon in a calendar month

calendar month where the full moon is blue

calendar month with no full moons

full moon that appears later than expected

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2. The song "Blue Moon" was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934 for the movie "Manhattan Melodrama". Three of these artists recorded a version of the song "Blue Moon". Who did *not* record a version of this song? Hint

The Marcels

Mel Tormé

Nat King Cole

Elvis Presley

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3. The Blue Moon Detective Agency was a fictional detective agency in which U.S. television show? Hint

Moonlighting

Starsky and Hutch

MacGyver

Hart to Hart

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4. What U.S. brewery made a Belgian-style white beer called Blue Moon? Hint

Budweiser

Samuel Adams

Rolling Rock

MillerCoors

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5. Blue Moon was a card game created by Reiner Knizia. It was considered to be what type of card game? Hint

poker game

gambling card game

collectible card game

accumulating game

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6. Blue Moon Aviation was a charter passenger airline founded in 2003 in which city? Hint

Denver, Colorado

Atlanta, Georgia

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Detroit, Michigan

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7. Where in the USA was a bar named the Blue Moon Tavern established in April 1934? Hint

Boise, Idaho

San Francisco, California

Seattle, Washington

Berkeley, California

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8. In what state of the USA was the ice cream flavor Blue Moon invented? Hint

Arizona

Iowa

Pennsylvania

Ohio

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9. Devario xyrops is the taxonomic name for which species of freshwater fish?
Hint

blue moon rohu

blue moon cod

blue moon danio

blue moon trout

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10. Which of these four recording artists did NOT record the song "Once in a Very Blue Moon"? Hint

Mary Black

Nanci Griffith

Patsy Cline

Dolly Parton

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the astronomical phenomenon known as a "blue moon"?

Answer: second full moon in a calendar month

A full moon occurs once every 29.53 days, roughly once a month. Occasionally two full moons may occur during a month; the second full moon of the month is called a blue moon.

Answer: Nat King Cole

Mel Tormé recorded a version of "Blue Moon" that reached number twenty on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1949. Elvis Presley recorded a version of "Blue Moon" in 1956 for his self-titled debut album "Elvis Presley". The Marcels recorded a version of "Blue Moon" for their 1961 album "Blue Moon" (it reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart, the U.K. Singles Chart and the U.S. Billboard R&B Chart).

3. The Blue Moon Detective Agency was a fictional detective agency in which U.S. television show?

Answer: Moonlighting

Moonlighting was an American television series that aired from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The television series revolved around cases investigated by the fictional Blue Moon Detective Agency and its two partners, Madelyn "Maddie" Hayes (played by Cybill Shepherd) and David Addison (Bruce Willis).

4. What U.S. brewery made a Belgian-style white beer called Blue Moon?

Answer: MillerCoors

In 1995, the Blue Moon Brewing Company, a subsidiary of MillerCoors LLC, launched the Blue Moon Belgian White Beer. Blue Moon is a white beer, or witbier -- it looks hazy or white when cold.

5. Blue Moon was a card game created by Reiner Knizia. It was considered to be what type of card game?

Answer: collectible card game

Blue Moon was a fantasy card published by Kosmos/Fantasy Flight Games. The Blue Moon card game was created by Reiner Knizia in the collectible card game genre.

6. Blue Moon Aviation was a charter passenger airline founded in 2003 in which city?

Answer: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Blue Moon Aviation was a charter passenger airline founded in 2003 by Richard Page.

7. Where in the USA was a bar named the Blue Moon Tavern established in April 1934?

Answer: Seattle, Washington

The Blue Moon was a tavern located on the west edge of the University District in Seattle, Washington. The bar was opened in April 1934. Regular patrons of the included author Tom Robbins and poets Theodore Roethke, Richard Hugo, Carolyn Kizer, Stanley Kunitz and David Wagoner. Other visitors to the bar included Dylan Thomas, Ken Kesey and Allen Ginsberg.

8. In what state of the USA was the ice cream flavor Blue Moon invented?

Answer: Pennsylvania

This flavor of ice cream was invented in 1953 by the Klemm family at their family owned and operated Dari Creem ice cream stand in Erie, Pennsylvania.

9. Devario xyrops is the taxonomic name for which species of freshwater fish?

Answer: blue moon danio

The blue moon danio is a freshwater fish found in Myanmar. It belongs to the cyprinidae family and devario order.

10. Which of these four recording artists did NOT record the song "Once in a Very Blue Moon"?

Answer: Patsy Cline

"Once in a Very Blue Moon" was the title track for the 1984 album by Nanci Griffith. Dolly Parton recorded the song "Once in a Very Blue Moon" for her 1985 album "Real Love". Mary Black recorded "Once in a Very Blue Moon" for her 1987 album "By the Time it Gets Dark".

Source: Author workisboring

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